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Re: Weight Gain, No loss - Due to Tamoxifen?
One side effect of the use of metformin that I think is helpful with aging and menopausal changes is the loosening of stool, which helps for those who are not actually totally constipated but who find themselves taking laxatives more often despite eating lots and lots of vegetables and fruits and whole grains (like me).
My belief there is that taking a low dose of metformin not only helps to keep the blood sugar levels less spiky, but it also helps to restore more normal evacuation of stool and urination, and in the process, the more normal elimination and urination ends up in helping with weight loss as well.
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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
NED
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